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Renaissance Men: We Are All Going to Die
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Friday, April 21, 2006. We Are All Going to Die. It's been a while since I've had a post devoted to full-throated criticism of the U.N, and unfortunately I don't have the time to write one of those right now, so I think I'll let this Haaretz article on the "election of Iran to U.N. disarmament panel". Posted by Nick @ 3:21 PM. No Medicine For You. Its Been a Bad Weekend for Multiculturalism. Hitting the Right Notes on Torture. Looks like we can all breathe. Why is Che so cool? In no particular order.
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Renaissance Men: April 2005
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Monday, April 18, 2005. Is true, we could be seeing a revolution in our knowledge of classical literature and civilization within a couple of years. Now, in a breakthrough described as the classical equivalent of finding the holy grail, Oxford University scientists have employed infra-red technology to open up the hoard, known as the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, and with it the prospect that hundreds of lost Greek comedies, tragedies and epic poems will soon be revealed. Posted by Nick @ 1:53 PM. DeLay created a ...
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Renaissance Men: Just plain pathetic
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Friday, June 23, 2006. I tend not to post about the corruption in the GOP because 1) I have nothing new to add and 2) Nick can usually give better insights based on his, well, close connections. But I just had to take quick note of this gem. The Abramoff corruption scandal is growing larger and larger, with former White House aide David Safavian found guilty yesterday. The committee has numerous witnesses testifying that Ney sat down with representatives from the Texas Tigua tribe, a de facto Abramoff cl...
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Renaissance Men: Renewing the Literacy Test
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Thursday, June 22, 2006. Renewing the Literacy Test. Normally I'd be happy when legislation backed by the president was blocked in Congress. Normally I'd be extra pleased to find out that the delay in voting was due to a disagreement within the GOP representitives, a sign that the DeLay days of ironclad party discipline are over. But normally Bush isn't pushing legislation in agreement with almost unanimous Democratic support. And think about how much English you would have to know to get by it. I do...
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Renaissance Men: Kurdistan
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Sunday, March 05, 2006. For the past few weeks the Washington Monthly has had a fascinating series on that rarest of things - good news from Iraq. You can read Jonathan Dworkin's reporting on his travels through northern Iraq here. As an account of one of the few tasks the U.S. has actually succeeded at in Iraq, the series is quite interesting, but I think Dworkin is leaning toward the wrong conclusions based on his experience in the Kurdish regions of Iraq. Nonetheless, the specter of ethnic bloodbaths ...
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Renaissance Men: Thinking Outside the Van Allen Belts
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Thursday, June 29, 2006. Thinking Outside the Van Allen Belts. Tuesday's Times Science section had the good judgement to publish an article. About one of my favorite engineering proposals of all time: regulating the Earth's climate by building a giant diverging Fresnel lens. At the Earth-Sol system's L1 Lagrange point. Posted by Nick @ 8:46 PM. Renewing the Literacy Test. We Are All Going to Die. No Medicine For You. Its Been a Bad Weekend for Multiculturalism. Hitting the Right Notes on Torture.
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Renaissance Men: Looks like we can all breathe
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Thursday, October 27, 2005. Looks like we can all breathe. A sigh of relief. Maybe they finally did the math. And figured out that Harriet Miers' cronyism and danger to the republic coefficients were several orders of magnitude higher than her qualifications. Posted by Chris @ 10:48 PM. Why is Che so cool? Thou Shalt Ignore Human Rights Abuses in the DPRK. Your Mind Powers Will Not Work on Me. Touched by His Noodly Appendage. In no particular order.
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Renaissance Men: News You Can Use
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Thursday, July 13, 2006. News You Can Use. Courtesy of The Plank. I see that some public-service minded blogger out there has gone to the trouble of remixing Senator Ted Stevens' rather confused comments on that internet thing. Into a not otherwise notable electronica track. I'm already getting nostalgic for the days of the Singing Senators. Posted by Nick @ 7:18 PM. Like a Chocoholic, but with Alcohol. Thinking Outside the Van Allen Belts. Renewing the Literacy Test. We Are All Going to Die.
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Renaissance Men: Surprise!
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Friday, December 16, 2005. National Review breaks its self-imposed vow of silence on the many ethical and procedural problems of the 109th Congress with, well, a surprisingly good editorial. It's worth a read, as is the bill proposed by Barney Frank which NR approvingly cites. Posted by Nick @ 3:40 AM. Its Been a Bad Weekend for Multiculturalism. Hitting the Right Notes on Torture. Looks like we can all breathe. Why is Che so cool? Thou Shalt Ignore Human Rights Abuses in the DPRK. In no particular order.
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Renaissance Men: Stalin, Reconsidered
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005. Since even the most distinguished apologists for authoritarianism. Don't bother trying to repair Josef Stalin's reputation, I figured it would be pretty hard to pull off. But recent reports seem to indicate that the USSR's scientist-in-chief "ordered the creation of Planet of the Apes-style warriors by crossing humans with apes.". Just how evil can a guy who reminds us of cherished childhood memories (in this case, Exosquad. Posted by Nick @ 7:00 PM. Can you say mechwarrior?
